KJY85: NOAA Weather Radio for Statesville, North Carolina
KJY85 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Statesville, broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg office's broadcast and covers 10 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | KJY85 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.525 MHz |
| Transmitter | Statesville, North Carolina |
| Power | 1000 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Greenville-Spartanburg |
| Status | Normal (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.525 MHz as WX7, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties KJY85 covers
| County | State | SAME code | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | North Carolina | 037003 | ALL |
| Cabarrus | North Carolina | 037025 | ALL |
| Catawba | North Carolina | 037035 | ALL |
| Davidson | North Carolina | 037057 | ALL |
| Davie | North Carolina | 037059 | ALL |
| Gaston | North Carolina | 037071 | ALL |
| Iredell | North Carolina | 037097 | ALL |
| Lincoln | North Carolina | 037109 | ALL |
| Mecklenburg | North Carolina | 037119 | ALL |
| Rowan | North Carolina | 037159 | ALL |
A county marked with a note (for example partial coverage) is served for that portion only. Program the six-digit code into your radio's SAME location list - the SAME code guide walks through it, and how alert radios work explains what the radio does with it.
Hearing KJY85
Any receiver that tunes 162.525 MHz FM can listen: scanners, VHF ham radios, marine sets, or a software-defined receiver. What those do not do is wake you at 3 a.m. - for that you want a dedicated radio with SAME alerting, covered in the buyer's guide.
Every North Carolina transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in North Carolina. Or look any county up with the finder.
Sources:
- “NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.